Education

Senator Billy Hickman said, "By investing in the training and deployment of regional literacy coaches, we're not only enhancing educational outcomes but also fostering a more vibrant and prosperous future for our state.”

Local heroes can cheer on the Eagles for free this Saturday afternoon as a "thank you" for their service to our community.

SEB's Wright, who is also the Bulloch County Teacher of the Year and a Georgia Teacher of the Year finalist, won at the local and district levels and placed 2nd at the state level of the National Veterans of Foreign Wars Teacher program.

Students from the Automotive Technology and Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs are currently job-shadowing at industries in Dortmund, Germany.

The bill not only mandates the State Board of Education to establish a program for the Department of Education to allocate funds for eligible teachers to purchase school supplies online but also provides for universal reading screeners to be adopted, used and administrated in every Georgia public school and local school system. Senators Clint Dixon and Billy Hickman collaborated on the legislation.

BIG received four awards during the trip to San Antonio, including InBIA's highest honor.

Georgia Southern University will hold five separate graduation ceremonies this week in Statesboro and Savannah. See the schedule and attendance information. Congrats, grads!

The Statesboro High chapter of FBLA has an opportunity to attend Nationals this year and would like the community's help to fund this and future trips. A car wash is planned for this weekend.

At the event in Orlando, Georgia Southern students outperformed students from other prestigious universities in Georgia and Florida, including Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, the University of Miami, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and more.

Students Katlyn Sullivan, Maggie Walker, Emma Adair, Blake Lanier, Jennifer Nguyen, Antoinette Davis, Kate Sproat, Marissa Hendrix, KJ Rhodes, Mallory Hardy, Taylor Mann, and Jaqueta Lewis were honored at the ceremony. Hendrix is a second-generation student in the Rad Tech program.